“After a period of feeling a little rudderless, I feel like I’ve set a course again. I feel like I’m very much at the beginning of something.”

News_Image_File: Getting more serious ... Orlando Bloom speaks about youth empowerment to 16,000 students and educators at the first We Day California on March 26, 2014. Picture: Steve Jennings

Like the recently “consciously uncoupled” Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow, Bloom said that he and Kerr still remain friends for the sake of their three-year-old son Flynn.

“I’ve said to her, ‘We’re going to be in each other’s lives for the rest of our lives and we have a child, so it’s important to me that we respect each other as we always have and that Flynn feels that and understands that.’

“There’s a deep love between us.”

News_Rich_Media: Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom appeared to have an awkward on-camera run-in when they bumped into each other on the way into Vanity Fair’s Oscar Party. Courtesy Today/Channel Nine

Bloom also told the newspaper that he wants his son to have a British education, and to spend some time in England.

“I’d like him to have some experience of living at home - in England.”

The actor is also keen to put his globetrotting days behind him for his son. “I’ve lived a very nomadic life, which I enjoy. But now that I have my son it gets a lot more serious – I want to be in his life and have as much input and influence on his life as I can.”